§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the number of appeals made by parents on the grounds of non-admission of their child to the school of their choice, in each local education authority, in the latest year for which figures are available. [5899]
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§ Mr. ForthThe information for the academic year 1994–95 is shown in the following table.
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Appeals by parents against non-admission of their children to maintained primary and secondary schools in England: Academic year 1994–95 Local Education Authority Area Number of appeals lodged Corporation of London 0 Camden 496 Greenwich 456 Hackney 370 Hammersmith and Fulham1 195 Islington 265 Kensington and Chelsea 32 Lambeth1 336 Lewisham 799 Southwark 306 Tower Hamlets1 510 Wandsworth 259 Westminster 195 Barking and Dagenham 350 Barnet 803 Bexley 441 Brent 186 Bromley1 1,057 Croydon 1,208 Ealing 467 Enfield 1,108 Haringey 526 Harrow 375 Havering 463 Hillingdon 438 Houslow 858 Kingston upon Thames 410 Merton 250 Newham 487 Redbridge 591 Richmond upon Thames 395 Sutton 750 Waltham Forest 848 Birmingham 3,058 Coventry 638 Dudley 261 Sandwell 350 Solihull 300 Walsall 135 Wolverhampton 180 Knowsley 13 Liverpool 947 St. Helens 93 Sefton 240 Wirral 484 Bolton 328 Bury 702 Manchester 918 Oldham 253 Rochdale 300 Salford 513 Stockport 600 Tameside 499 Trafford 411 Wigan 254 Barnsley 112 Doncaster 78 Rotherham 109 Sheffield1 186 Bradford 1,557 Calderdale 156 Kirklees1 107 Leeds 2,870 Wakefield 124 Gateshead 121 Newcastle upon Tyne 372
Local Education Authority Area Number of appeals lodged North Tyneside1 41 South Tyneside 69 Sunderland 152 Isles of Scilly 0 Avon2 84 Bedfordshire 341 Berkshire 1,112 Buckinghamshire 656 Cambridge 348 Cheshire 263 Cleveland 199 Cornwall 109 Cumbia 252 Derbyshire 432 Devon 379 Dorset 474 Durham1 408 East Sussex 298 Essex 638 Gloucestershire 474 Hampshire1 543 Hereford and Worcester 213 Hertfordshire 1,395 Humberside 700 Isle of Wight 30 Kent1 2,341 Lancashire 2,747 Leicestershire 357 Lincolnshire 287 Norfolk 222 North Yorkshire 498 Northamptonshire1 276 Northumberland 124 Nottinghamshire1 493 Oxfordshire 319 Shropshire 635 Somerset 309 Staffordshire1 227 Suffolk 136 Surrey 1,306 Warwickshire 581 West Sussex 300 Wiltshire 160 England 54,427 1 Incomplete returns. 2 Information for LEA schools not available.